Bulgaria’s National Electric Company (NEK) CEOs Krum A. and Ivo L., along with Sabin S., the CEO of Worley Parsons, arrested earlier over allegations of irregularities supposedly occurred in relation to the construction of the Russian-sponsored Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Belene, have been released from custody, Bulgarian media reported in September 2013. ...

Poland accumulated nearly half of the total investment value for the CEE in 2012 and led the region in terms of buyout and growth capital investments, according to a report by EVCA Central and Eastern Europe Task Force. ...

The Bulgarian chief prosecutor’s office announced that it plans to file charges against suspects presumed to be involved in the July 2012 Burgas bus bombing, which caused the deaths of seven people, the local media reported, September 12. ...

Bulgaria’s former prime minister, Boyko Borisov, vowed that he will be Prime Minister again, adding that he would be putting his private life on hold to concentrate on politics, the local media reported, August 5. ...

The impending acquisition of Bulgarian pension fund Doverie by U.K. registered investor group United Capital sparked controversy in Bulgaria as it transpired that nothing is known about the deal, the Bulgarian media reported, July 29. ...

Bulgarian fraudsters are no exception when it comes to abusing EU VAT rules on cross-border transactions within the EU and have created their own variant of the missing trader fraud, which is currently stripping the Bulgarian Treasury of at least an estimated EUR 200 mln every year, Bulgarian police and customs office sources told CEE Insight. ...

While on a state visit to the nation’s capital, the European Commission’s vice president, Viviane Reding, warned the Bulgarian government to put a stop to corruption, the local media reported, July 23. ...

The Bulgarian government plans to appoint MP, Emil Ivanov, who has a criminal record and is allegedly connected to organized crime as the next regional governor of Sofia, the local media reported, July 17. ...

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that he fears notorious Serbian gangster Streten Josic who reportedly stood behind a plot to murder Borisov in 2003, Bulgarian media reported, July 14. ...

The Bulgarian capital’s former prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, was removed from the judiciary after 19 peers from the Supreme Judiciary Council (VSS) voted in favor of his removal, international media reported, July 11. ...